单词 | pitch-board |
释义 | pitch-boardn.2 Woodworking. A thin triangular wooden board used as a guide in stair-building (see quot. 1736). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for marking out work > [noun] > others jointing-rule1700 tracing-pin1712 pitch-board1733 skirret1825 odontograph1838 bevelling-board1850 fencing-gauge1874 tingle1886 shadow-stick1900 1733 F. Price Treat. Carpentry 29 With the Angle of your Pitch-Board describe the prick'd Line f. 1736 B. Langley Anc. Masonry 388 I have already spoken of a Pitch-board, which is nothing more, than a Right-angled plain Triangle..whose Base is equal to the breadth, and its Perpendicular to the Height of a Step. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 600 The pitch-board, is a right-angled triangular board made to the rise and tread of the step, one side forming the right angle of the width of the tread. 1871 Manufacturer & Builder May 118/1 To mark the lines for inserting steps and risers, a so-called pitch-board will be a convenient instrument. 1909 W. A. Radford et al. Framing 138 Mark tread and riser; and, before moving pitch-board, place the wedge stick as shown at F and at dotted lines, and mark outside. 1944 E. E. Haycraft in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder v. 226/1 Winders are set out full size. To mark out the string a pitch board and a margin templet are prepared. 1986 J. P. James Handbk. Construction Contracting 239 Use a pitchboard to make your stringer layout easier. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.21733 |
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